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Tyrannus dominicensis (gray kingbird)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Tyrannidae

Taxonomy
Lanius dominicensis was named by Gmelin (1788). It is extant.

It was recombined as Tyrannus dominicensis by Bernstein (1965), Pregill et al. (1988), Olson et al. (1990), Morgan (1994), Steadman et al. (2015), Clements et al. (2017) and Oswald and Steadman (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1788Lanius dominicensis Gmelin
1965Tyrannus dominicensis Bernstein p. 279
1988Tyrannus dominicensis Pregill et al. p. 17
1990Tyrannus dominicensis Olson et al.
1994Tyrannus dominicensis Morgan p. 483
2015Tyrannus dominicensis Steadman et al. p. 557
2017Tyrannus dominicensis Clements et al.
2018Tyrannus dominicensis Oswald and Steadman p. 366

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
RankNameAuthor
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
orderTheropoda
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
orderPasseriformesLinnaeus 1758
familyTyrannidaeVigors 1825
genusTyrannusLinnaeus 1766
speciesdominicensis(Gmelin 1788)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Tyrannus dominicensis Gmelin 1788 [gray kingbird]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: volantf
Diet: insectivoref
Diet 2: frugivoref
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 16:41:18
Modified: 2009-01-03 18:41:18
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Naka 2004, Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Venezuela (Zulia) Tyrannus dominicensis (63515)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Cayman Islands Tyrannus dominicensis (209851)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Bahamas (San Salvador) Tyrannus dominicensis (190743)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Dominican Republic Tyrannus dominicensis (194485)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Bahamas (New Providence Island) Tyrannus dominicensis (194588)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Dominican Republic Tyrannus dominicensis (194484)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Antigua and Barbuda Tyrannus dominicensis (94615)